Computer for Digital Art

[2112Rush]

Oh ok. I was planning on putting them on the same drive. What would be the difference between separate drives and partitioning one drive with both OS?

 

[Roguestar]

A partition would be the same as having them on different drives. Physical or logical, doesn't matter, just so long as they're not booting from the same place.

 

[2112Rush]

Originally posted by: Roguestar
Nah, you can dual-boot just fine so long as you have them installed on different drives.

If I install XP on a seperate drive, will I get the speed from the Q6600? I know I won't have access to the full 4Gb of ram but will the CPU operate like it would normally?

Then I wouldn't need to run Virtual PC if both OS work the way they should.

 

[2112Rush]

Anyone?

 

[gsellis]

Yes, with XP SP2, you should be OK.

Do not forget to get a tablet. It will make life easier.

Wacom

I have an intous and Wacom has had drivers for 64 and 32 bit Vista since Beta 2. Wish you had the budget for a CintiQ?

 

[2112Rush]

I would love to have a CintiQ. I did get a Wacom last year. That was working fine on XP. Corel Painter IX wasn't working too well on my old system. Now it won't work at all with Vista.

I'm not sure if I have SP2 for XP. But it sounds like everything will be ok once I install it. Thanks.

 

[spikespiegal]

Most of the build I've seen are for gaming. I don't see too many for digital art.

That's because 99% of the discussions are for building computers that compete with a playstation.

I spend a lot of time in Photoshop doing semi pro-photography and more and more graphics design. On thing is for sure, I sure don't need a $300 video card to run CS3 on Vista because it's all 2D stuff. Right now I'm running a 6200 at 1600x1200 and it's over-kill. Even nicer is if you can passively cool your video card so you never have to worry about replacing the stupid fan on some over_heat_prone_uber_game_card that has no benefit for 2D use anyhow.

Put your money into a decent LCD if it's for graphic design work.

 

[2112Rush]

Thanks for the tip Spike. I'm doing the art mostly for my own work and side projects. Nothing professional. I already spent $500 for the Wacom and that's probably way too much for hobby type art stuff. If I do go pro, I'll get a good LCD.

 

[gsellis]

NVM - I was thinking about the other thread for CS3 AE and CAD.